On May 9, 2015, North Korea announced that it had test-fired successfully a ballistic missile from a submarine. According to “The New York Times”, The North’s official News agency said that: “There took place an underwater test-fire of Korean-style powerful strategic submarine ballistic missile,” /…/the test-fire proved and confirmed that the ballistic missile fired from the submarine fully met the requirements of the latest military science and technology.” What North Korea is doing is a clear blow to the stability and security of the North-East Asia region and creates apprehensions within the entire international community.

What would happen to European Union after the British election and overwhelming victory of David Cameron’s Conservative party? Carl Bildt wrote recently an article on ‘Project Syndicate’ ( May 9, 015 ) in which he began his brilliant analysis with the phrase: “The next 18-24 months are likely to decide the shape of Europe for decades to come, and the United Kingdom has now started the clock on that process.”

V-Day , the celebration of the victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II was an occasion to evidence the rift between the West and Russia. The invitations extended by Russia to the heads of states and governments of the West to attend the military parade in Moscow were declined and the argument put forward for doing is the best summarized by Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council: “A presence at the military parade, hand-in-hand with today’s aggressors and a person using weapons against civilians in eastern Ukraine? For me, delicately speaking, it’s too ambiguous.”

On the eve of the British elections, an entry on the blog of Julian Lindley-French is very useful to be red by those concerned by the changes in the ways of doing politics today. He shortly presents what he considers “ the causes of Britain’s precipitous decline which looks as if now it will end in only one possible conclusion – the dismantling of what was perhaps the most influential state in World history over the last five hundred years.”

1. THERE IS NO NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN.
The sides ( P5+1+ European Union and Iran ) agreed on the new deadline: June 30 , so any “gaps” between the two sides’ positions should be filled up till that date. “However, given that the framework agreement reached this month is actually a mirage, it seems rather unlikely that the two sides will sign off on the final deal in June – or even later this year” –assessed Rachman.

2. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE “ WHITE HOUSE FACT SHEET” here are some of the points of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) which was decided on April 2 , 2015, in Lausanne , concerning the nuclear program of Iran .